Blogging and censorship
As defined in our earlier post, blogging is part of web content that allows people to create their own content and interact with content from others. Censorship places limits on the ideas that can be shared as part of that…
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Collecting Society Wants Copyright Board Directors Jailed for Alleged Contempt of Court
In a recent newspaper advert, Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) published a Court Order and a public notice (as pictured above). According to the Court Order...
Read MoreTowards Intellectual Property Securitisation in Kenya: Movable Property Security Rights Act Passed
In an earlier post here, a fellow blogger opined that the Movable Property Security Rights Bill, 2016 would herald a new dawn of intellectual property...
Read More2017-2018 Tariffs for Collecting Societies Gazetted
The Attorney General has approved and gazetted new tariffs for collective management organisations (CMOs) in the music industry which will be valid from April 2017...
Read MoreSoftware Licensing and Tax Law in Kenya: Court of Appeal Decision in Kenya Commercial Bank v. Kenya Revenue Authority
In a recently reported judgment of the Court of Appeal in the case of Kenya Commercial Bank Limited v Kenya Revenue Authority [2016] eKLR, the...
Read MoreFair Dealing, Book Piracy and Anti-Photocopying Debate in Kenya
As readers may know, there have been several media reports by book publishers, book authors and their supporters raising an alarm about the rising levels...
Read MoreThoughts on an Innovation Exchange Portal for Kenya
Over the years, this blogger has been interested in finding ways to facilitate the free flow of relevant and useful information among the various players in...
Read MoreCopyrightX 2017 Recap: A Kenyan Perspective
As many readers may know, this blogger is affiliate faculty teaching the CopyrightX course in Nairobi, Kenya. CopyrightX is a 12 week course, affiliated with...
Read MoreMissing the Point: Call for Competition Enforcement of Intellectual Property Infringement
A recent piece published in a local newspaper reads: “Let IP theft fall under law of unfair trade practices”. In this piece, the author contends...
Read MoreIrony: Lack of Creativity and Innovation in Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day
The World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) is celebrated by Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on every 26th of April. This coincides...
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